2013 American Music Awards Nominations announced

Submitted

New "Single of the Year" category
created; winners determined by online
voting at AMAvote.com

Recording
artists Kelly Clarkson and will.i.am revealed the 2013 American Music Awards
nominations this morning in New York City on ABC's "Good Morning America." Five
categories were announced live on air followed by a press conference to reveal
the remaining 17 categories at B.B. King's Blues Club & Grill in Times
Square (see full list of nominees below).

It
was also announced Miley Cyrus and Imagine Dragons will perform on this year's
show, which will be broadcast live from the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE on Sunday,
Nov. 24 (8 p.m.), on ABC. Additional acts and presenters will be announced in
the coming weeks.

Macklemore
& Ryan Lewis lead this year with six nominations. Taylor Swift and Justin Timberlake
follow with five nominations each, while Florida Georgia Line, Rihanna and Robin
Thicke collected four nominations each. Additionally, Bruno Mars and Imagine
Dragons were nominated for three awards. This year's 2013 Artist of the Year
nominees are Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Mars, Rihanna, Swift and Timberlake.

The 2013 American Music Awards are produced
by dick clark productions.

Artists
will be honored in the genres of pop/rock, country, rap/hip-hop, soul/R&B, alternative
rock, adult contemporary, Latin, contemporary inspirational, electronic dance
music, as well as categories for top soundtrack, New Artist of the
Year Presented by Kohl's, Artist of the Year, and, for the first
year ever, "Single of the Year."

Preceding the ABC broadcast for the fifth
consecutive year is the "Coca-Cola Red Carpet LIVE! @ The 2013 AMAs" pre-show,
hosted by Lance Bass, Rosie Pierri, Jordin Sparks and Jenna Ushkowitz. This
year's performers include Kurt Hugo Schneider, Jabbawockeez, Jessie McCartney
and 5th Harmony. Live coverage will stream online for fans worldwide
starting at 5 p.m. on Nov. 24 and, for the first time, will be available on
Yahoo.com, this year's official digital distributor of the "American Music
Awards Experience." The stream can also be watched at TheAMAs.com, ABC.com,
Time Warner Cable's Facebook page, and the websites within the Cumulus Radio
Network, the AMAs official radio partner.

The 2013 American Music Awards partners
include Cumulus, Time Warner Cable, Yahoo and Music Choice.

American Music Awards are voted on by the
fans. For the seventh year in a row, winners will be determined by online
voting. Starting today, fans can vote at the Coca-Cola AMA voting site, www.AMAvote.com. In addition, for the first
time in AMAs history, fans will also be able to vote for their favorite artists
via Twitter.

Viewers will also get a second-screen experience
jam-packed with "snack-able" videos, photos, GIFs, memes, "Insta-Fashion Pops,"
"Thank You Cam" shout-outs, and much more across every major social platform.

In collaboration with Twitter, Twitter
Mirrors will be placed in select backstage areas. The "selfie stations" will
provide a candid look into the backstage scene. Also, this year, the AMAs and
Twitter will debut the first-ever "Vine 360 Fashion Booth" placed right in the
middle of the red carpet. Fashion buffs around the world will have a front-row
seat to an unparalleled close look at celebrity red carpet fashion - in real
time.